Cinder or spark arrester.



.No. 693,281. 7 Patented Feb :1, i902.-

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(Application filed Dac.'5, 1901.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFicE.

SYLVESTERL. LANGDON, OF MAGNOLIA, MISSISSIPPI.

CINDER OR SPARK ARRESTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 693,281, dated February11, 1902. Application filed December 5,1901. Serial No. 84,815. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvEsTER L. LANG- DON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Magnolia, in the countyof Pike and State ofMississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cinder orSpark Arresters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cinder and spark arresters or catcherst. 6.,devices adapted to be arranged on locomotive smoke-stacks for thepurpose of arresting cinders and sparks and preventing the former fromannoying the passengers on a train and the latter from causing fires;and it consists in a certain peculiar construction, the novelty,utility, and advantages of which will be fully understood from thefollowing description and claims when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of aportionof a locomotive equipped with my improved do are the body and thecinder and spark re ceiver, respectively, of myimproved arrester orcatcher. The body B, which is preferably of circular form in horizontalsection and open at its lower and upper ends, is disposed verticallyupon and riveted or otherwise rigidly connected to the upper end of thestack a, as best shown in Fig. 3, and is provided in its forward sidewith an opening 19 of about the proportional sizeillustrated.Thecinderand spark receiver 0 is disposed vertically at the 1 back ofand fixedly connected to the body A, and the interiors of the two areconnected by a port or passage 0, formed in the present embodiment ofthe invention by coincident open ings d in their adjacent walls andstrips e, interposed between said walls. The top of the receiver 0 ispreferably closed, as indicated by f, and'its bottom 9 by preference isdished and connected to a depending pipe D.

This pipe'D may be arranged to extend down at the side of the locomotiveto a'point adjacent to the road-bed or may be carried to the ash-pan ofthe locomotive, as desired, for a purpose presently described.

E is a cap which extends forwardly and upwardly from the upper edge ofthe body A, so as to rest over the upper end of the same, and terminatesat its forward edge in a depending flange h. Said cap is shown asforming a continuation of the top f of the receiver 0, but may obviouslybe formed separately from .said' top without departing from the scope ofmy invention.

In the practical operation of my improvements it will be observedthatwithoutinterfer-. ing with the draft in the stack a or the escape ofsmoke therefrom the cap E is calculated to stop the cinders and sparksblown upwardly in the stack by the steam-exhaust and deflect the sameback into the body B 5 also, that the opening I) in the front side ofsaid bodyB enables the strong current of air, due to the motion of thelocomotive, to force such cinders and sparks through theport or passageointo the receiver 0 and from thence through the pipe D to the road-bedbelow the locomotive or into the ash-pan of the locomotive.

v In follows from the foregoing that when the locomotive of a train isequipped with my improvements the windows of the cars may be left openwith little or no liability of the passengers getting cinders in theireyes or having their persons and clothes begrimed with cinders and soot;also, that the liability of sparks escaping from the locomotive andcausing fires is reduced to a minimum.

I have entered into a detailed description I of the construction andrelative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exactunderstanding of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood asconfining myself to such specific construction and arrangement of parts,as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fallwithin the scope of my claims. I

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. In acinder or spark arrestinglocomotive uptake, the combination of ahollow, upright body or uptake proper open at its upper end, and havingclosed sides, and also having an opening in its front, a receiverdisposed in rear of and communicating with the hollow body or uptakeproper, and a cap disposed over the upper end of the hollow body oruptake proper and resting in a plane above the sides and front of saidbody or uptake proper.

2. A cinder and spark arrester for locomotives comprising an uprighthollow body open at its lower and upper ends and having an opening inits forward side, an upright receiver disposed in rear of and connectedto and communicating with the hollow body, and having a dished bottom, apipe com municating with the receiver and depending from the dishedbottom, a wall forming the top of the receiver, and a cap forming acontinuation of said wall said cap extending forwardly and upwardly fromthe rear portion of the upper end of the body so as to rest over andabove the same, and terminating at its forward edge in a dependingflange.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SYLVESTER L. LANGDON.

Witnesses:

SAM WOLFE, J. II. PRICE.

